The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1938, Page 2

PAGE bats The Key y West Citizen ed Waily cept Sunday 5 EAT ZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. PMAN, President and Publisher » Assistant Business Manager m The Citizen Building and Ann Streets n Key West and Monroe Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press | a ss is exclusively entitled to use | {all news dispatches credited to © credited in this paper and also blished: here. SUESCRIPTION RATES $10.00 5.00 2.50 Year Months One NG RATES jon. L NOTICE rds of thanks, resolutions of éte., will be charged for at Ine. ments by churches from which ived are 5 cents a line. CIVIC PROBLEM NO. 1 Visit of the new gunboat, the USS. | | Charleston to Key West harbor on a shake- | down cruise to the Panama Canal arouses some thought regarding the pos sible future of the naval yard here. The | federal government in launching a huge | naval expansion program. Some _ hun- dreds of millions have been made avail- Zone, | | able for the purpose by an aet of Congress. | swer to that question. Is the Key West yard in line for ex- pansion and reopening? No one at the naval station professes to know the an- Is anything being | done to interest the President, our United | States senators, our congressmen and the | naval authorities in our naval | anything, base? No one in official position seems to have done although it is reported one or | two individuals are interesting themselves | in the matter. It seems to us that the restoration of | the naval station to the active list is of such | vital importance to Key West that some- The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- | public issues and subjects of local or genera) | but it will net publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. 2. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). 3.) Hotels and Apartments. 4. Bathing Pavilion. 5. Airports—iLand and Sea. 6. Consolidation of County and City Governments, It is easy for people to agree upon solutions to problems that are far from home. General Johnson says business must accept regulation or face extinction, But | it’s tough to have to face both. Sometimes the boss does an employee a good turn by firing him; when he gets a better job, and that has happened. Daily, sober loyalty is also a form of patriotism, but not so much exploited as the rave act of heroism on the field of battle. | Key West will begin to prosper more than ever when ALL of its citizens think of the collective improvement of conditions here. Almost everybody is interested in get- | ting something for nothing, though only a few, the criminally minded, will kill achieve it. to | Upon further investigation, The Citi- zen finds that the Lions club has 100 per cent backing in its advocacy of a city man- | ment to bring this result about. one in official position and our leading civic organizations should initiate a move- Our busi- nessmen, who would stand to profit through the purchase of supplies by an ac- tive navy yard and through the, ex¢péndi- | tures of ‘the naval personnel and civilian employes, are overlooking a’grand ‘oppor- | tunity to help themselves and:thus help the | city. We believe this matter should be re- | garded as Civie Problem No. 1. For the benefit of those who do not remember when the naval station was on | the active list let it be pointed out that | there was a time when the navy payroll for | civilian employes alone ran into the hun- dreds of thousands. The yard employed | more than 200 high-class, highly paid workmen, who lived here and spent their money here. Then, too, there was a large navy personnel of both enlisted men and offieers who likewise spent large sums here. Tf that kind of municipal income isn’t | worth going after, then what is worth | while. We can’t all prosper on the tourist trade alone. We can’t all prosper through the starting of a building program. It is up to our business and civic leaders to be | ever on the alert for new sources of in- come, and right at this moment the one usually clean government. be- seem to be one of educational government they deserve”. best bet to get some is by inducing the navy | department to. reopen the naval station in effective the wishes and purposes | ernment and building up a real’ ment? , If we.do, let’s get it. | Key West. great and lasting changes in Key should study the subject with ut-| June 21, 1938 | West unless there is a bigger A HIGHWAY TO ALASKA AFTER 3 YEARS of “feeling queer” tallowing operation, Esther Cornett had this X-ray taken im Kansas City. | oe covees | KEY WEST NEVER CHANGES, NEVER WILL | @cceeceseaesscccecceeses I ‘Land of beauty, romanee and: | dreams— A jewel fair in ocean scene. | Sea, Gulf Stream and Gulf, Key: West between— God’s own setting for seen. humans |The seasons come, the seasons go, No. winter’s cold, no winter’s| snow; But fairer skies than all you; i know, | Made by Our God so long ago. Chorus Key West ne’er changes, never will; Romantic chivalry haunts it still. | You can feel around you old-time | thrill, lot love and heart-ache poignant — Rg ne’er changes, never | ”. annilides by 514 Eleaner St., | Knoxville, Tenn. DOCOL EOS OORSOCOOES OE SESS CEOOOESEOOOEESEEOSOEOOOSS PEOPLE’S FORUM: » | peeesccecccoscoccone. |NEW CITY CHARTER ‘ AND. ITS PITFALLS Editor,, The, Citizen \ More power to The Citizen 4nd the civic bodies that are |seeking to revive: our anti- quated city charter im favor of a more efficient and less politi- cal form of government. But! watch out for the pitfalls! j The following quotation is from a letter just received from | a man who helped reorganize | the government in a city which: is now considered a model of} civic administration. I feel that it sounds a healthy note of warning. H “You cannot bring about re-| form by merely changing the form of your government. If your people don‘t want a decent government neither a manager | type nor any other type will give it to them. It is just as easy to have a rotten government under the city manager plan as under |any other. Our city has an un-, |cause the people demand it. All our charter does for us is to make |of the majority of our people. I feel that you will not get any |change among the voters than } An international highway, connecting | the city manager type of admin- pefienced in civic government. Seattle, Vancouver and Fairbanks, is un- der discussion, with some consideration of the source of funds for the construction of | this highway. In some Canadian quarters the idea is | | advanced that the United States might be | asked to make a loan to assist British ager form of government, with one excep- | tion— the city politicos. would cease under a city manager form of government, Advertising should be purchased by Shenanigans | the merchants of Key West on the same | basis that they buy anything: else. investment of a certain amount .of money should bring a certain amount of results. ‘There is no excuse to spend advertising money in any other way. When assessed a certain amount of taxes and you are dissatisfied with the as- sessment, just send in your check to the city council for the tax you want to pay The | and they will eventually, if not sooner, ac- | of such manager cept the check. Just because things, Key West needs a city form of government. When a woman marries she promises three things, oné of which is “to love until death do us part.” It must have been con- soling to Kidnaper McCall to hear from the lips of his wife the avowal, “1 still love you dearly,” and perhaps these werds wiil re-echo in his memory when the terrifying moment of execution arrives, With the permission of the Miami Herald, the people of Key West will once more make an effort to secure a city man- ager form of government. But we agree with our neighbor that if the city manage- ment plan is abused as it is in Miami, (and we do not think it will be) then the results will be worse than under the present form of city government. Gambling is innate in human nature, so we are willing to take a ~ chance, Columbia in constructing the fourteen hun- dred miles of highway that are to be built in that Prevince. Under proper safeguards and in view of the possible defensive value of such a highway to the United States, the loan might be feasible. Already, according to’ reports, half the mileage of the proposed highWay' has | been constructed, mainly from Stattte and! Vaneouver to Hazélton, B. C. Within ‘the borders of the United States and the Yu-., kon, Alaska, boundaries, there is close to | two thousand miles of the proposed high- way within Canadian territory. Some fi- | naneial assistance is probably necessary if the Providences are to construct their sec- tions of the highway. We hope that means will be found to speed up construction of the proposed highway. Im fact we see no reason why the United States should not extend as- sistance to the Provinces in the form of loans. The same idea, apparently, could be applied to the nations between this country and the Panama Canal. Modern, improved highways, through Mexico and Central America might be valuable ad- juncts to the defenses of the Canal Zone. | Subject to prope? arrangements with Can- ada, the proposed highway might be of great value in regard toe Alaska. Encouragement for those who make a poor showing in their first campaign for public office is seen in the case of Com- missioner J. R. White, of Walker county, Alabama. The first time he was a candi- date he received only 143 votes in the en- tire county ; next time he polled 1,070, and in his last race he was triumphantly elected with a vote of 3,421. But some- times the political wheei spins the other | way. seems likely at present. While istration makes more effective a decent government it also. makes |more effective a rotten and cor- against corruption that is human- rupt government, for with a crooked conymission and a crook- ed manager the situation would be ‘pie’ for the grafters.” allo Pe TIPO P OP POL OL COA PLACE YOUR ORDERS OVER-SEAS SOUVENIR EDITION) TO BE PUBLISHED JULY 2, 1938 Hundreds have been purchased fer mail-away pur- poses. Don’t fail to the supply is exhausted. 10 Cents Per Copy | PeeiditttAtAdbAttAAAdAdA AA Ad —cou Please reserve SEAS HIGHWAY SOUVENIR EDITION. Name Adaress l@c PER COPY—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE CLIP AND SEND TO THE CITIZEN OFFICE oe a Baa: nalinew PAY DAY FOR COUNTY FORCES i Employes of the county who idraw emoluments from the Fine tand Forfeiture Fund are being advised today that checks for the month of May are now available lin the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. | Earlier in the month it was found necessary to secure a per- {mit to transfer about. $800 from the Ferry Fund to make up the | Receenary: amount fq complete the | :F. and F. fund in order to pay the isalaries and other indebtedness. | | Comptrelier J. M,: Lee was at | once written to by Mr. Sawyer | and yesterday the permission was , received from the comptroller. | TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Estate is pronounced es- tate’: not es’-tate. woccccccccconescocceccss TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE | | H | ‘and East Gulf: Sun rises High Miami is a. good ‘example iat “THE WEATHER eeece Temperatures” Highest Lowest Mean Normal Mean Rainfall Yesterday’s Precipitation .@Ins. Normal Precipitati 1Ins. ‘hin record covers 24-hour period ending at § o'clock thix morning. Tomorrow's Almanac 5:38 a. m. 7:19 pi m. Moon rises 12:59. a: m. Moon sets 22 ~ m. Tomorrow’s Tides A.M: 87 78 82 82 Sun sets P.M. 4:27 5:22 Low 11:10 10:32 Barometer 7:30 a. m. today; Sea level, 30.04. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy, probably showers tonight and Wednesday; moderate south and southwest winds. Florida: Mostly cloudy, prob- ably showers in south and east- central portions tonight and Wed- nesday and in extreme northeast portion tonight, slightly warmer in extreme northeast portion Wednesday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits Moderate south and southwest winds except ‘west to northwest over extreme nerth portion; partly overcast wedther {that we can have the services that other cities give their tax- TEE ae 1. Where: is ithe island of Fal- tonight and Wednesday, scattered ster? »¢ showers. What is 'the nickname for the. ——————____________- state of Virginia? to | BENJAMIN LOPEZ Which is the largest zoolog- ical garden in the United | FUNERAL HOME. State? 1s Africa mentioned name in the Bible? What is the Jungfrau? Name the capital of the Re- public of Nicaragua. Can the President of the United States veto a deci- sion of the Supreme Court? Who promulgated the Gre- gorien calendar? In whieh state is the Scioto River? To whieh family of fruits do oranges, lemons and grape- | fruit belong? Beppe reli i r : Redple’ até not on the “alert. It _ ig would appear;. then, that the, E . work of cnarter revision should | o 3. with great caution in to avoid the mistakes of | other cities. I believe our think- ing citizens will all agree that | Key West cannot progress under the present regime of futile in- action, which has already dis- (couraged a number of people from investing here. Some way | must be found to collect taxes fearlessly and impartially so Do not still the flow of song, | by From his tiny throat. a lane ae Phone 135 Night 696 DeSOTO HOTEL Sarasota Vacation “a OPEN ALL YEAR EUROPEAN PLAN First it was a tender call, Soft and rather shy, Followed by a treble note That dared to reach the sky. Just a little mocking bird Singing in the rain, payers. We must have a non- Sending out a song of cheer political police that will enforce To a world in pain... . the laws and a court system that —MARIE CAPPICK. will back them up, regardless of Key West, Fla., whose toes are stepped on. June 2, 1938. But this requires a change in Be splenic the laissez fgire attitude of the there is no ‘\ place for -political | citizenry. They must demand a shysters. clean and efficient government, I once heard Senator Burton | Seeeeeecevcccccccscccces Rates | $1.00. $1.25, $1.50 single ,and be prepared to support it. Wheeler say that thiprcegeeser ited harming ye! ad mae | $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 double So the first step needed would any get the kind — THY Ir TODAY — STAR -* BRAND CUBAN COFFEE salesmanship—selling the people we of Key. West deserve a aint | (on the advantages of good gov- efficient, and fearless govern-} demand for it. And in working’ H. P; CONNABLE. | out the new charter I believe we Key West, Fla. | ee most care, profiting by the ex- a perience of other cities and seek- ing the advice of men widely effi- ; KPOTTPITTIIOITITI OOO SISTA ISS Garden Hose?- You Bet LARGE SHIPMENT OF FINE HOSE JUST RECEIVED 5-8” one braid, coupled 25 Foot Length .. 50 Foot Length - 3-4 one braid, coupled, sping rubber: 25 Foot Length - 50 Feot Length HOSE NOZZLES’ Gece Lawn. Series REVOLVING LAWN SPRINKLERS EACH $1.45 LAWN MOWERS Blue Ribbon: 5, 16” Steel Glades With Rubber Tires EACH ...... - $12.25 EACH $15.00 ALSO ALL OTHER KINDS OF GARDEN IMPLEMENTS AND SUPPLIES. 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